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The Commissar

1967 1h 50m Drama War List
Reviews Red Army Commissar Klavdia Vavilova (Nonna Mordyukova) has been ignoring her pregnancy for as long as possible, but as the baby comes to term she is forced to temporarily leave the front lines. She requisitions the house of Yefim Mahazannik (Rolan Bykov) and his family, and, while relations are at first quite hostile, Klavdia gradually becomes a member of the household. The longer she stays with them, the more content she is with domestic life until a bleak vision of the future changes her mind. Read More Read Less

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Synopsis Red Army Commissar Klavdia Vavilova (Nonna Mordyukova) has been ignoring her pregnancy for as long as possible, but as the baby comes to term she is forced to temporarily leave the front lines. She requisitions the house of Yefim Mahazannik (Rolan Bykov) and his family, and, while relations are at first quite hostile, Klavdia gradually becomes a member of the household. The longer she stays with them, the more content she is with domestic life until a bleak vision of the future changes her mind.
Director
Alexandr Askoldov
Screenwriter
Vasily Grossman, Alexandr Askoldov
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 50m
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